Coat hanger shopping bag

ABSTRACT

The present invention relates to a shopping bag that can be used as a coat hanger and a packing supplies for a gift. According to the present invention, a shopping bag for clothes is reused as a coat hanger. Also even when the clothes should be kept for a long term due to change of season, the clothes can be kept clean without dirt. The shopping according to the present invention is simply constructed with single piece of paper and single coat hanger so that it does not need any other packing materials such as scissors, a tape, a ruler, a packing paper, a shopping bag, and the like.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

1. Field of the Invention

When packing clothes into a conventional shopping bag, the clothesshould be folded into several leaves or crumpled. There are handholds onboth sides of the conventional shopping bag, however if even one of thehandhold is torn, it becomes very inconvenient to carry the conventionalshopping bag. When we buy clothes as a gift in the store, usually, asalesperson folds and puts the clothes in the paper box and wrap thepaper box with a packing paper.

Then, finally, the packed gift box is put into the shopping bag. Thispacking needs much time and people who are unskillful in the packingfeel difficulty. After gifted, generally the packing boxes or thepacking papers are thrown away without being reused. Besides, theshopping bags, which are quite convenient to reuse, are also usuallythrown away.

2. Prior Art

When packing, there are usually generated many wastes such as the giftbox, the packing paper, the shopping bag, and the like. However, ifpacking is completed by using a hanger with a beam of a trouser hangeraccording to the present invention, packing papers can be remarkablyreduced and clothes can be easily kept for a long time. Besides, thereis no need to purchase coat hangers additionally.

DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION

According to the present invention, a shopping bag for clothes is reusedas a coat hanger. Also even when the clothes should be kept for a longterm due to change of seasons, the clothes can be kept clean withoutdirt. The shopping according to the present invention is simplyconstructed with single piece of paper and single coat hanger so that itdoes not need any other packing materials such as a scissors, a tape, aruler, packing paper, a shopping bag, and the like.

According to the present invention, the coat hanger shopping bag canmeet the requirement that one coat hanger per one suit when purchasingclothes and since the packing paper of the present invention is used asa cover to keep clothes for a long time, no part of the packing paper isthrown away.

Good design of the coat hanger shopping bag does not need for packing agift separately and the packing is also easier than the conventionalshopping bag only by folding the packing paper along dotted lines andfixing the packing paper into fan-shaped holes. A shopping bag withgift-packing function can be utilized as coat hanger. And a paper coveris convenient for keeping clothes for a long time.

Comparing with other conventional plastic coat hanger, the size of thecoat hanger shopping of the present invention is similar and the usagethereof is same. There is only difference between the coat hangershopping of the present invention and the conventional plastic coathanger that handholds are wider a little and there is an additional beamfor a trouser hanger. The beam for the trouser hanger can make coathanger be used for hanging a coat and trousers, simultaneously.Moreover, the coat and the trousers can be also packed into the coathanger shopping bag of the present invention.

As illustrated in FIG. 1, the handhold is provided on an upper part ofthe conventional plastic coat hanger. Then, in the middle part there, ahanger groove is formed. Also, as illustrated in FIG. 4, the hangergroove 3 functions to balance a coat hanger 1 when the coat hanger 1 ishanged on the hanger groove 3. The beam 2 for the trouser hanger isinstalled on the middle part of the coat ganger shopping bag of thepresent invention. This beam is little shorter than whole length of thecoat hanger 1.

When using this coat hanger 1, a shirt, a jacket, or the like is hangedas usual and the trousers are hanged by inserting the beam 2 for thetrouser hanger into string holes for a belt.

Two methods for packing are available according to the shape of a coatedpacking paper. According to a first method with a coated paper, thehandholds of the coat hanger are inserted into the fan-shaped hole 5formed at the middle part of the coated paper 4 illustrated in FIG. 5.FIGS. 6 and 7 are views showing respectively a first packing step and asecond packing step for packing the coat hanger with the coated packingpaper. The coated packing paper is folded based on the first and secondpacking steps. That is, folding the clothes and the coated packing papertogether along the dotted lines completes the packing. When the packingis completed, the packing becomes that as shown in FIG. 8 and isconvenient to be easily carried by hand.

As shown in FIG. 9, the other method for packing with the coated paperis that the coat hanger and the clothes together with the handhold aretaken out of the middle part of the coated packing paper on the upperline of the coated packing paper 7. FIGS. 10 and 11 are views showingexamples of a first packing step and a second packing step for packingthe coat hanger by using the packing paper. The packing paper is foldedaccording to the first and second steps. That is, folding the clothesand the coated packing paper along the dotted lines completes thepacking. When the packing is completed, the packing becomes that asshown in FIG. 12 and is convenient to be easily carried by hand.

The packing with the packing paper is completed at the upper part, sothat the packing could be unpacked when a force is applied in an upperdirection. As shown in FIGS. 13 and 14, in order to prevent the packingpaper from being unpacked, it is necessary the packing paper should beinserted and fixed into the fan-shaped hole easily,

According to the present invention as described above, the coat hangershopping bag according to the present invention has advantages asfollow.

1) Prevention the clothes from being creased by packing the coat hangerwith a plurality of packing papers,

2) No extra packing a gift,

3) Convenient for packing,

4) Possible to be utilized as a coat hanger,

5) Easy for keeping clothes by using the packing paper as a case, and

6) Since there is provided a beam for a trouser hanger, a coat can behanged on single coat hanger together trousers as well as being packed(Even when the clothes are not hanged in the hanger, the packing ispossible).

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a front view showing the size and the shape of a coat hanger;

FIG. 2 is a view showing an example of the coat hanger on which a coatis hanged;

FIG. 3 is a view showing an example that trousers are hanged on the beamfor a trouser hanger;

FIG. 4 is a view showing an example that the coat hanger is hanged;

FIG. 5 is a front view showing the size and the shape of a coatedpacking paper;

FIG. 6 is a view showing the first step of packing the coat hanger bypacking paper;

FIG. 7 is a view showing the second step of packing the coat hanger bythe packing paper;

FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing states that the packing iscompleted with the packing paper and held by hand;

FIG. 9 is a front view showing the size and the shape of a coatedpacking paper;

FIG. 10 is a view an example showing the first step of packing the coathanger by the packing paper;

FIG. 11 is a view showing the second step of packing the coat hanger bythe packing paper;

FIG. 12 is a perspective showing states that the packing completed withthe packing paper and held by hand;

FIG. 13 is a view showing how to connect the packing paper;

FIG. 14 is a view showing another way to connect the wrapping paper; and

FIG. 15 is a view showing necessary supplies for conventional giftpacking and a broken shopping bag.

MARK DESCRIPTION FOR MAIN PART OF DRAWING

-   -   1. Coat hanger    -   2. beam for a trouser hanger    -   3. Groove of a coat hanger    -   4. Coated packing paper    -   5. Fan-shaped hole    -   6. Folding part (dotted line: thickness of approximate 12 cm,        available for 2 lines)    -   7. Coated packing paper

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION

A handhold of a coat hanger shopping bag according to the presentinvention is inserted into the fan-shaped hole 5 at the middle portionof the coated packing paper 4. FIGS. 6 and 7 are views showingrespectively a first packing step and a second packing step for packingthe coat hanger with the packing paper. The coated packing paper isfolded based on the first and second packing steps. That is, folding theclothes and the coated packing paper together along the dotted linescompletes the packing. When the packing is completed, the packingbecomes that as shown in FIG. 8 shows and is convenient to be easilycarried by hand.

In the present time when disposable things are restricted more and more,throwaway paper (the packing box, the packing paper, the shopping bag,and the like.) can be remarkably reduced. The coat hanger shopping bagaccording to the present invention is produced in similar way of that ofthe usual plastic coat hanger. The only difference is to add thehandhold and the beam for the trousers hanger. Paper is divided into abig size, a medium size, and a small size of same shape and the packingsize can be adjusted by the number of the dotted line (one or twolines), so that both thin and thick clothes can be packed.

1. A coat hanger shopping bag comprising: a handhold formed on an upperend portion of a convention coat hanger from a shape of the conventionalcoat hanger; a coat hanger groove, formed at a central portion of thehandhold, for balancing a coat hanger when the coat hanger is hangedthereon; a beam for a trousers hanger protruded from both side the coathanger shopping bag and having a length little shorter than whole lengthof the coat hanger; and a coated packing paper capable of packingclothes and the coat hanger in several ways and being marked a dottedline; wherein when the coat hanger shopping bag is used, an uppergarment is hanged on the coat hanger as usual and trousers (comprisingpants and a skirt having belt strings) are inserted by the beam for thetrousers hanger through the string holes for a belt, the coat hangershopping bag of is wrapped and packed by the coated packing paper alongthe dotted line and the coated packing paper is inserted into eachfan-shape holes.
 2. A hanger comprising a beam for a trousers hangerprotruded from both side thereof from a shape of a conventional hanger,and little shorter than whole length of the hanger, wherein an uppergarment is hanged on the hanger as usual and trousers (comprising pantsand a skirt having belt strings) are inserted by the beam for thetrousers hanger through the string holes for a belt.